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Maker Space Petting Zoo
Courtney Brown
Southeast Regional Coordinator
Indiana State Library
● With a better understanding of a Maker Space
● With resources for your own maker activities
● Hands-on experience.
You’ll Leave…
● What are Maker Spaces?
● Types & Examples
● Resources
● Hands-on experience
Agenda
Maker Space Petting Zoo
What are you doing now?
What is a Maker?
Crafting
?
Tinkering
Tool Share DIY?
Digital Media Lab 3D Printing
DIY
Makers & Libraries
● Common groundo creativity, resource-sharing, community outreach,
empowerment
● New model for libraries: content creation
● Supports a local community of creators
● Brings new faces in the library
● It’s fun.
Maker Projects Can Be…
•High Tech
•Medium Tech
•Low Tech
High Tech!
Image credit: Creative Tools
Digital Media Labs
Level Up
Low Tech!
Image credit: Tony Alter
Crafting
Image credits. Far left top: John Morgan. Far left bottom:
Troy Tolley. Left: Mike Liu. Above: Mary Ann Enriquez
Legos
Medium Tech (You’ll See Today)!•Makey Makey
•Little Bits
•Snap Circuits
•Discover Electronics
•CreoPop Pen
•Sphero Ollie
•Sphero Sprk
•Cubelets
•Dash
•LEGO WeDo
Medium Tech (You’ll See Today)!
Makey Makey
Little Bits
Snap Circuits
Discover Electronics
3D Pen – CreoPop
Dash
Sphero Ollie & Sprk
Sphero OllieOllie app
Sphero SprkLightning Lab Draw & Drive
Cubelets
LEGO WeDo
No Coding? No Problem!
Hour of Code – Code.org
Scratch
Tickle App
Tickle App
Code Cademy
How About Some Ideas?
Robot Test Kitchen
Make It @ Your Library
Maker Camp
Maker Camp
Idea Sharing / Resources
Don’t forget to use the LIBRARY COMMINUITY
as a resource!
Listservs – INPublib, INChildProg
On Facebook – Storytime Underground, Indiana
Storytime Underground, Indiana Maker Spaces
Map of Indiana Library Makerspaces
● Library Makers Google Group/email list
o Other librarians can often be the best resource
● MakerBridge
o U of Michigan site has blog posts, interviews, tool reviews, forums, & more
● Maker Faires and Mini Maker Faires
o Great way for libraries to get involved beyond the library scene
● YALSA’s Making in the Library Toolkit
o Great overview of concepts with examples
● New Jersey Library Association Maker Toolkit
● Makey Makey
o Projects, products, instructions
● The Maker Map
o Find a community of makers near you to possibly partner with and visit
● Mt. Elliott Makerspace: Getting Started
o How to List of budgeting, space and policy needs
Library Maker Resources
•“Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills” – National Public Radio -
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514
•School Library Journal – www.slj.com – Myriad of articles on maker spaces and programs; also Teen
Librarian Toolbox blog on SLJ page
+Coding and Starting from Scratch - http://www.slj.com/2015/05/technology/ready-to-learn-coding-here-
are-resources-plus-teaching-with-scratch-the-maker-issue/
•Robot Test Kitchen - www.robottestkitchen.com
•Discover Electronics - http://learn.sparklelabs.com/
•Snap Circuits – http://www.snapcircuits.net/learning_center
•Junior Maker Space - http://www.ala.org/alsc/junior-maker-space
Library Maker Resources
